CooLDoG has been banned for two weeks from discussion forums for an expression of unacceptable viewpoints in this thread. Once again, note that joking is not an excuse for blatant breaches of the site rules.

In post 136, Vi wrote:mcqueen has been permanently banned across the site for abusing the edit feature to attack other users in a multitude of threads, as well as breaking the rules against ongoing games/outside influences, after previous bans from both areas of the site.

insomnia, and all related alts (scum reading, I scum read, Flapjack, hammy), have been banned from the Newbie Queue for one month ((expired on 2019-04-25 21:04:00) for circumventing Newbie Queue rules. He may continue to play in all current games with the exception of his alt, hammy.

momo has been banned from mafia games for (expired on 2019-07-04 09:11:00) for directing another player to make specific posts in other, ongoing mafia games for the purpose of influencing a game he was currently playing. He will need to be replaced in all games he is currently playing.

insomnia has been banned from mafia games for (expired on 2019-05-04 09:11:00) for making specific posts in other, ongoing mafia games for the purpose of influencing a game he was currently playing. He will need to be replaced in all games he is currently playing.

momo has been banned from mafia games for (expired on 2019-06-04 09:11:00) for directing another player to make specific posts in other, ongoing mafia games for the purpose of influencing a game he was currently playing. He will need to be replaced in all games he is currently playing.

insomnia has been banned from joining new mafia games for (expired on 2019-05-04 09:11:00) for making specific posts in other, ongoing mafia games for the purpose of influencing a game he was currently playing. He will not need to be replaced in any games he is currently playing.

For clarification of what happened: in the Mafia PT for Gameshow Mafia, momo directed insomnia to falsely claim that he was going through a family emergency in all games he is currently playing. insomnia did this. This is in clear violation of site rules in that it brings out-of-game influences to other games. momo and insomnia purposefully affected other games to gain an advantage in Gameshow mafia.

To be clear: it is expressly against site rules to conspire to post something in a game to gain an advantage in another game. Do not do this. You will get banned.

momo was abusing his position as an experienced player to convince a new player to break site rules. insomnia received a ban, albeit a less severe one, because ignorance of the rules does not excuse rulebreaking. If it is reasonable that a new player did not understand the rules, the mod team will punish them in a less severe way. Our goal is not retribution, but behavior change.

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As an aside, on our forum it is embedded in the site culture that we trust other player's claims of IRL issues. The fact of momo's rulebreaking is made more severe due to him knowingly exploiting this gentleman's agreement. We do not accept players on this site abusing the basic decency of other players and when appropriate it will always be a contributing factor in ban decisions.

Firebringer has been banned from joining any new games for (expired on 2019-05-25 18:30:30) due to abusivecomments towards another user. Despite previous warnings. He does not need to be replaced in any games he's in.

I bet Maria is scum this game~Firebringer Na Maria isn't towny enough to be scum this game~CharlouxMariaR goes for the uwu owo tsundere-dere look but you never know if she has a knife behind her back.~Bitmap I'm an awful hero, so let me pretend to be the villain.

RAS and awestfie and all associated accounts (notes, quest, Lunar Eclipse, Golden RASberry, cute, Gee Gee, Chickadead) have been banned indefinitely for cheating, by requesting spectator access and giving away the spoiled info to an account in an ongoing game and using VPNs to conceal this practice from moderation. They will need to be replaced in all games they are currently in, if any.